Author Archives: jimwdollar

When we live intuitivelyout of our own authoritywe live out of the center of who we are,grounded in our sense of what’s whatand what is called forin each situation as it arises.Neither the Buddha nor Jesus could do more.Reading the times and responding to themwith the best we have to offerout of our original nature,ourContinue reading “March 06, 2015”

Every living thing has preferences.And the preferences of every living thingare eventually blocked by their circumstances,which includes the conflicting preferencesof other living things.This is what war is about.The collision of preferences.It is also what breakfast is about.Lunch and dinner.It could be said that life is aboutthe collision of preferences.Making our peace with that is theContinue reading “March 05, 2025”

We have to suffer the truth of how things are, and live to engage the world with lovingkindness, anyway, nevertheless, even-so.We may sit in emptiness, stillness, silence,waiting for the mud to settle and the water to clear,but this is only bidding our time.it is not quitting.We gather ourselves in the silence,and when the way appears,weContinue reading “March 04, 2025”

Who says so?Whose word is the law?By what authority do they determinethat they are the authority?Who get to interpret Jesus and/or Buddha?Who gets to say”My view of Jesus/Buddha is the authorized version of Jesus/Buddha!”?There are a lot of ideas circulating about Jesus/Buddha, etc.Who knows what they are talking about?How can we be sure?I’m thinking oneContinue reading “March 03, 2025”

The Cosmos is waiting things outas time goes by.It’s as good as it getsfor a survival strategymoment by moment, day by day.The Buddha called it”Peaceful abiding, here, now.”Lao Tzu said, “Do your work and step back,let nature take its course.”No striving.No pushing.No going to war.Just waiting things outas time goes by.See what is called forandContinue reading “March 02, 2025”

This is the cover of my latest eBook on Kindle. The publication system converts my manuscript to mesh with all Kindle readers worldwide, presenting me with formatting problems I have no control over, so lines end and spaces appear for no apparent reason. I have endeavored to correct misspellings and punctuation errors to the pointContinue reading “March 01, 2025 – B”

The country has been shocked and confusedby Trump’s take-over of the government,but the eruptions cannot be long off.When people get it,the betrayal and anger will find outlets,Trump will jump to play the militaryin the streets card,and it will be dicy for a whilewith Hamas-like terror groups sprouting overnight,and shootings/bombings in the suburbs and inner-cities.Without aContinue reading “March 01, 2025”

What’s stopping us from doing itlike we would do it?Living, that is.Living like we think life ought to be lived.What’s stopping us from doing it like we would do it?How different would that be from the way we are doing it?Take it into the emptiness, stillness, and silenceand see what emerges there as suggestion orContinue reading “Spring Months, 2025”

It is all practice. Every day is another dress rehearsal.We are working to improve our improvisation.To see what’s whatand to know what is called forin order to respond with our original nature,our innate virtues–the things we do bestand enjoy doing most,and our inherent imaginationand intrinsic intuition.In dancing with our circumstancesand living in synch with theContinue reading “March, 2025”

What’s to become of all the wildlife refugeswhen Trump fires all the workers?For what? To take the money saved from all those salariesand dole it out as tax cuts to individuals and cooperations.What kind of man would do that?How good is the good Trump calls good?What is it good for?Whose good is served by theContinue reading “February 28, 2025”

There is a sense in which cluelessness characterizes my life.But, I also see wisdom at work in knowing–and trusting my knowing–what to say yes to and what to say no to.So it’s been a cluelessness innocence at workand not a clueless striving.I didn’t push my way anywhere.Just walked through open doors.And I don’t know howContinue reading “February 27, 2025”

There is a lot I won’t miss when it’s gone.I know people who take exception to dying.To the point of being overwrought about it.For one thing,we don’t know if our experience is limited to this life.It may expand to unimaginable wonders.We do not know enough to be upset about dying!I’m looking forward to finding outContinue reading “February 26, 2025 – B”